Search results for health care
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Posted
Oct 12 2007, 03:11 PM
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Karen Datko
Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
Health insurance that won't break the bank can be found if you know where to look . Gather Little by Little offers tips for tracking it down and making sure you're picking a good company. A good place to start in online . We heartily concur with his question: How can you afford not to get health insurance ?
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Oct 16 2007, 08:38 AM
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Karen Datko
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This post comes from partner blog Blueprint for Financial Prosperity . It's always possible to get an influenza vaccination unless the vaccine is in short supply, but it's another matter to find a free flu shot. If you're elderly or in another at-risk group, you stand the best chance of getting a free shot. If you're healthy and can afford spending $20, I recommend you leave the freebies for those less fortunate and pay for your shot. Where can you find a free flu shot? Your employer . Many companies offer flu shots to employees because it makes business sense. Ask your company's medical services department or human resources department if flu shots are provided. If they aren't, recommend that your company investigate the idea. Explain how offering a $20 shot for free is better than having to put up with lost productivity when people take sick days. In my short working life, the two companies I've worked for both offered a flu shot. Since everyone in the company generally gets the shot
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Oct 26 2007, 09:08 AM
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Donna Freedman
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Picture a 5-year-old kid whose oral health was so bad she needed five teeth filled, two crowned and six pulled. That must have happened in a country without floss and fluoridation, right?
Nope. This was Katelyn, a kid from suburban Chicago.
While her case is a bit extreme, it's also indicative of a growing trend here in America. An article in the Chicago Tribune noted that almost 28 percent of children between ages 2 and 5 develop at least one cavity. That's a 4% increase in 10 years, according to a survey conducted for the National Center for Health Statistics.
Four percent doesn't sound like much, yet it was the first statistically significant increase in 40 years. The likely culprit? Modern family life.
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Oct 29 2007, 06:12 AM
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Karen Datko
Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
The Frugal Law Student may not be studying medicine, but he offers some darn good practical and cheap cold and flu prevention and treatment tips. Did you know that the power of chicken soup is more than an old wives' tale? Gargling salt water is a lot less expensive than an OTC for easing sore throat pain. As a bonus, FLS gives us hand-washing techniques used by physicians . The post contains some "eeewww" moments, but hey, we're talking about some nasty germs. If your hand-washing routine is completed in less time than it takes to sing "Happy Birthday to You" twice, go back to the sink. If you're in a public bathroom, he advises, use your paper towel to turn off the faucet and open the door. They're laden with germs from all the people who weren't humming the birthday song under their breath.
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Nov 08 2007, 05:50 PM
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Karen Datko
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This post is from David Wood at partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com . As an expectant mom, Kendra of Brooklyn, N.Y., wanted the best for herself and her baby. Part of that care was a prenatal vitamin. "My doctor gave me a prescription for the prenatal vitamin Primacare One," wrote Kendra. "I dropped off my prescription at the CVS pharmacy and when I returned to pick up the prescription, I was instead given Prednisone." The problem Kendra encountered is one of the most common prescription errors -- the kind that occurs when a pharmacist can't read the prescription properly. Instead of contacting the authorizing physician to confirm the prescription, the pharmacist plays Russian roulette with someone else's life. Kimberly, of Hudsonville, Mich., ran into a similar problem at Walgreens . Kim wrote that the pharmacist couldn't read the prescription and assumed it said Corgard, a blood-pressure drug. However, Kimberly's husband didn't need a blood-pressure drug. He needed Cortef, a drug to treat
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Nov 19 2007, 12:47 PM
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Karen Datko
Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
Silicon Valley Blogger admits to a mild case of hypochondriasis , which means she's somewhat more worried than most folks about the presence of nasty microbes everywhere. But this condition makes her exceptionally qualified to give the rest of us 15 frugal tips for keeping clean and healthy . We'll share a few with you here: Buy regular soap rather than antibacterial soap. ( Regular soap is just as effective for washing your hands and doesn't pose health risks associated with antibacterial soaps and washes.) Put those leftover pieces of bar soap into a liquid-soap dispenser with water. In fact, SVB provides a recipe for making your own liquid soap in the microwave with shredded bar soap and water. Discover the cleaning powers of vinegar and baking soda. Among other things, washing with baking soda and rinsing with vinegar water make a good substitute for shampoo.
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Jan 23 2008, 09:34 AM
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Karen Datko
Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
We thank Escape Brooklyn for pointing out this survey: When women were asked to pick between having a body like Jennifer Aniston or having a million bucks, 78% chose the money. As Editor-in-Chief Jane Chestnutt of Woman's Day magazine, one of the online poll's sponsors, pointed out in a New York Post article, with that kind of money you can pay a personal trainer to whip a broadening behind into shape and still have lots left over. (And we're sure the women would invest the money wisely and not blow it all in one place.)
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Jan 25 2008, 08:37 AM
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Donna Freedman
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This post comes from freelance writer Abby Freedman, daughter of Smart Spending blogger Donna Freedman.
Deep, dark secret time: My mother writes for Smart Spending and I am in credit card debt. Assuming you haven't fainted dead away, let me explain. My fiancé has an inherited calcium deficiency that's been exacerbated by treatment for a couple of other health problems. His teeth were literally crumbling away by the time I met him. Last spring, he made an appointment with an oral surgeon and a denturist.
Since we didn't happen to have the needed $8,500 lying around, we started researching credit card deals. We wound up putting about two-thirds of the cost on a new credit card that offered 0% percent interest for six months. The rest was paid with "convenience checks" from my existing credit card at 3.99% for six months.
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Jan 30 2008, 08:08 AM
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Donna Freedman
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Last Wednesday I came down with a nasty case of what I've been calling "university crud." I assume I picked it up there because about every fifth person on campus is barking like a seal. In addition to a wracking cough, this particular crud includes headache, sore throat, and whole-body aches and pains. It started a slap fight with my asthma, too.
I stayed home from school Thursday, and I never skip school. I crawled in on Friday to take a chapter exam in Spanish, and then spent the rest of the weekend trying to recover. (Still not quite there.)
Uncomfortable? Sure. Prepared? You bet. Everyone should have an emergency fund. But how many people think of having emergency stuff?
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Jan 31 2008, 06:56 PM
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Karen Datko
Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
Does shame sometimes compel us to spend money that we don't have? It's time to get beyond that type of thinking, writes paidtwice at I've Paid For This Twice Already. In a gem of a post, paidtwice explains that she came to that realization after her dentist said her wisdom teeth have to come out -- this just after paidtwice spent the family emergency fund and other reserves on a car engine replacement. So she's practicing what she'll say when she tells the dentist that the procedure will have to wait until she has saved money to pay for it. "I get so hung up on appearances, and the idea that money would cause me to put this off makes me feel like I can't keep up the appearance that we're doing just fine," she writes. But, she says, "I'd rather live in full awareness of reality and be a little embarrassed than in a fantasy world I create with available credit."
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